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A little disturbing to see the sleigh-born benefactor himself accompanied by his smaller, but otherwise identical daemon, rather like Austin Powers with Mini Me. Still, at least he isn’t dangling from a glittering rope outside the bedroom window, like most … Continue reading →

Just under fifteen months ago I broke my shoulder. It wasn’t really my fault. I wasn’t doing anything dangerous. I wasn’t drunk, or cycling, or clicking my heels in the air: activities that have led to injuries in the past. … Continue reading →

I’ll be away for a few days. See you next week. Behave. Here’s something to look at while I’m gone.

http://www.youtube.com/v/htzuxuAGzsk

Remember Dewey? The man who classified books in a meaningful way? (Because all taxonomies are meaningful.) Well… Browsing in the Wolverhampton branch of W.H. Smiths today, I noticed that the Biography section has a subsection entitled Tragic Life Stories – … Continue reading →

Glancing at recent keyword activity (instead of doing something profitable with my time) I see that someone from the United Kingdom has reached my blog this morning by typing into Google the following: men nakid holding each others winky and … Continue reading →

OK, now I know where you are, and that’s wonderful. Already I feel better. But all these weird silhouettes are disturbing, to say the least. Come on, you can do better. You don’t need to leave a portrait. An intimate … Continue reading →

If you’d like to pre-order your copy of Little Monsters from Amazon (a mere six months before the publication date), you can do so by clicking here. If, on the other hand, you’d simply like to admire the jacket image, … Continue reading →

Frank sent me a photograph of this shop front he found in Cookham, which he thought might amuse me. My cottaging days are long gone, but it’s sweet to be reminded. In the meantime I came across this sign in … Continue reading →

I’m trapped in a broadband challenged hell. It’s so easy to invoke Kafka when a couple of things go wrong, so I won’t (Oh, I have…) but I’ve spent the past two weeks battling with phone problems: no landline, no … Continue reading →